Spanx a lot

I went shopping again yesterday to try to find some clothes for my impending return to work. I wound up finding some shirts at Coldwater Creek. But I also found something else: A slimming panty called Spanx. It basically goes over your tummy, butt and thighs to smooth all three; think the control top part of the pantyhose without the hose.

There are two problems here:

1) As many of you chickies out there know, when you try to hold things in, they need to go somewhere. Like a big bulge at the top.

2) They are hot as hell. And they itch.

That's $36 I'll never see again.